Bloomington, IN Trash Pickup Schedule
Collection days, holiday changes, recycling rules, and drop-off options for Bloomington, Indiana — in one page, with sources.
Trash in Bloomington, IN runs on a set schedule — your exact day depends on your address. Rules and holiday shifts below.
Pickup days are assigned by address — the city's lookup gives your day, and the schedule repeats each week unless a holiday shifts it.
When is each service collected?
Recurring schedule for Bloomington services.
| Service | When | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Trash | Weekly Mon-Thu (no Friday routes) across 62 route areas; per-area day+A/B week published. | Depends on your address — the city assigns days via its lookup/map |
| Recycling | Depends on your address | Depends on your address — the city assigns days via its lookup/map |
| Yard waste | Depends on your address | Depends on your address — the city assigns days via its lookup/map |
Who collects what?
The provider for each service and how to reach them.
| Service | Provider | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Trash | City of Bloomington Sanitation (city-collected) | |
| Recycling | City of Bloomington Sanitation | |
| Yard waste | City of Bloomington Sanitation |
Common questions
The things Bloomington residents ask most.
What day is trash pickup in Bloomington, IN?
Monday-Thursday only by route area (62 areas; no Friday routes exist); city publishes per-day schedule pages (bloomington.in.gov/sanitation/trash/tuesday-b etc.).
What changed recently?
Every update to this page, newest first.
- Record created from Bloomington's city sanitation package (62 route areas + 34 public areas + 6 recycling sites).
- Holiday QA R6 (2026-09-24) INCONCLUSIVE: bloomington.in.gov 403s WebFetch and curl with browser UA; Wayback has no current sanitation/holiday captures (only 2010-2017 era pages incl. a 2010 'schedule for holiday trash pickup' news item). Sanitation Dept holiday rules not machine-reachable.
Population 78,840 · Sources: City of Bloomington IN Sanitation_Services FS/L0 Recycling Locations …, City of Bloomington IN Public_Sanitation_Areas FS/L3 (owner cob-gis_b… · Summarized from municipal, hauler, and public-data records; schedules change without notice.